About Blake Shaw

I am a photographer based in San Diego. I now specialize in bird photography, but also regularly photograph scenes of Mexico, Route 66, tennis, bicycle racing, flowers, and people. My work hangs in galleries in San Diego and elsewhere, and I am available for slide shows, lectures, and exhibitions.

July 23, 2016

A Horned Lark, photographed recently near the mouth of the San Diego River in Ocean Beach, California. The bird has insects in its bill, likely bringing them to a nearby nest. I did not stay long photographing the bird, to not disrupt its nesting activities for too long.

July 22, 2016

A Long-billed Curlew and a Short-billed Dowitcher fly next to each other in a mixed flock of shorebirds. Photographed a few weeks ago at the mouth of the San Diego River in Ocean Beach, California, just before sunset.

July 21, 2016

This is a fledgling Red-shouldered Hawk, photographed recently at Santee Lakes. There were two fledglings and two parents in the tree, and the parents took turns looking for food for the hungry youngsters.

The soft green vignette is caused by my photographing the hawk through an opening through the leaves of a tree.